BSP also wants quota for poor upper castes, says Mayawati

"The benefits of reservation should be extended to such people. Nothing has been done against corruption in the country and black money is still lodged in foreign banks.

"I am told in Jammu and Kashmir, excesses are being committed against already downtrodden people. I have learnt that even the local police do not register your complaints, but instead makes the complainants their targets.

"The number of lower caste votes is very large in Jammu and Kashmir. Give us power through your vote and I promise nobody can target you after that," she said.

Targetting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his Samajwadi Party, the BSP chief said: "Because there is no BSP government in UP, I know people are now repenting there. Crime has grown in UP and the government there is doing nothing to check its spread."

The BSP has fielded candidates from the Jammu and Udhampur Lok Sabha seats in the state.